Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On public consultation, public notices and public display periods, there is often a huge gap between the view of those who run consultations regarding how inclusive those consultations are and the view of the public. People running consultations will often feel they are doing a great job in making information available but the general public will have a very different experience. The public often finds it very hard to find the information. It is often towards the end of a public consultation or display period that people become aware of it. I will not labour the point. There is a great passage in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I will certainly not quote, that really emphasises that while officials think they are doing a fantastic job with public displays and the public thinks they are doing an atrocious job. Funnily enough, people refer to this at the doorsteps when I go around my constituency.